Formula 1 | Martin Brundle: “The FIA ​​did not act to increase the show”

Il Australian Grand Prix clearly left some considerable controversy. The red flags displayed in Melbourne by the race direction were seen by almost everyone as the perfect excuse to augment a show practically destroyed by the super competitiveness of Red Bull and from the tire management of all drivers for much of the competition at Albert Park. That the formula 1 wanting to go more and more towards the show is a fact, he says it himself Stefano domenicali, ma Martin Brundle, former pilot and Sky Sports talent believes that the FIA did not act for this reason, but for real security reasons.

“I don't think there were instructions to liven up the show – Brundle said. It's very easy for us to say “Ah, I would have done this or that”. I remember that in 2009 Felipe Massa almost died from a piece of another car that entered his cockpit, and here we were on a city track, with many fans on both sides of the track and marshals and doctors on the side of the road. So if there's debris on the track, you can't let it fly into the air with cars going by at 300km/h. When Albon went off the track I thought that a Safety Car would have been enough to clear the track of gravel and car, the red flag seemed objectively superfluous, but when Magnussen lost his tire, which remained on the track, I don't think anyone during the race he said "Yes, let's make things more fun", I absolutely don't believe it."